History
The base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944. He attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak. He remained at the controls of his crippled bomber and died while crashlanding the B-24 Liberator near Tungchen, China.
The base was renamed in his honor on 29 January 1948.
Previous base names were:
- Army Air Force Combat Crew School, Tarrant Field
(aka Tarrant Field and Tarrant Field Airdrome), 1 July 1942–29 July 1942 - Fort Worth Army Airfield, 29 July 1942 – 13 January 1948.
- Griffiss Air Force Base, 13 – 29 January 1948
The base was redesignated as Carswell Air Reserve Station on 1 October 1993 until its closure on 1 October 1994.
Read more about this topic: Carswell Air Force Base
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